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The Tom Ellerton Memorial Uphill Mile & Fell Challenge Tuesday 27th August 2013 (Photos, hopefully, to follow) Last Tuesday (August 27th) saw the first running of the Uphill Mile & Fell Challenge under the new title of Tom Ellerton Memorial Uphill Mile & Fell Challenge. We had a fantastic evening especially as the weather was ideal for running. There was a great turnout of 28 runners of all abilities and ages, ranging from 16 to 66. There were also three father and son teams competing. Both the Uphill Mile and the FellRace were won for the second year by 16 year old Sam Garret who also managed to beat his own mile record, set last year. The Ladies winner this year, and first lady vet, was Kath Blakey who was first lady past the mile marker and also the fell race winner. After the race everyone retired to the Dudley Arms for pre-arranged pie and peas followed by the race presentation kindly performed by Tom's widow, Elayne Ellerton. (see, at the bottom, some kind words of appreciation from Elayne Race Results: -
Report from Mark Edwards: - Thanks to Bill and Steve for organising and renaming this race in memory of Our good friend Tom Ellerton, I’m sure he would have been over the moon with the lads and lasses who turned out to take part in what is let’s face it a tough, tough race. That 1st mile, all uphill is as gruelling as any start in any race in the Fell calendar, and then another 300 metres uphill before you reach the summit and turn for a downhill sprint, just as much lung bursting as the climb. Anyway great effort from everybody from the runners to the marshals, organisers and Doug for organising pie and peas, special thanks must go to Elaine for coming and handing out the trophies. A good night and a great way to remember Tom, long may it continue, Mark Edwards.
Bref O'Rourke receive these kind words from Tom's widow Elayne: - "Hi Bref, I'd like to thank you & all the' Tuesday night gang' for making me so welcome last night. It was both a pleasure & a privilege to be included in Tom's memorial race evening. As you can imagine it was at times very emotional but I found that the beauty & peace of Bank Foot comforting & the kind words & shared remembrances of Tom a delight & consolation. He would have been both amazed & proud to know that you all thought so well & fondly of him but I know that it was very mutual & that he regarded his outings with you & the friendships they brought as one of life's greatest gifts & considered himself a lucky man. I hope you all continue to enjoy your walking & running &that the weather & good health gods look kindly on you all, Kind regards Elayne." The race entry fees collected went to buy a bouquet of flowers for Elayne. Here is the reply from Elayne: - "Dear Tuesday night lads, Thankyou all so very much for the beautiful bouquet that has just arrived, what a lovely surprise! It was great to be at the race and I felt honoured to be asked to help with the prize giving so another 'prize' for me is definitely the cherry on the cake, you certainly know how to make a woman feel appreciated. Hope you all enjoy a much deserved good walk tonight. Kindest regards Elayne X" |
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